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The Ando family are not unique. You see, Japanese families encourage their children to travel to and from school alone every single day. By Western standards, Japanese culture emphasises independence and self-reliance from an extraodinarily young age. In fact, one of Japan's most loved and longest running TV shows, is called My First Errand, InRead More Japan's independent kids